Ironing-machine.



No. 761,833. PATENTED JUNE 7,' 1904.

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APPLICATION I ILED JUNE 24. 1902. N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO A. HECKER, OF BELLEVUE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE F. M. WATKINSCOMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORA TION OF OHIO.

lRONING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,833, dated June '7,1904.

Application filed June 24, 190B.

' tucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIroning-Machines, of which the following 1s a full, clear,-and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My improvements relate to machines for ironing laundry goods of variouskinds, and more particularly for ironing Wristbands and the like; andthe improvements consist of a certain novel construction and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved machine.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, parts being in section. Fig. 3 is adetail side view of the driving-gear for the ironing-table.

A is a solid and substantial base or frame on which the operating parts.of the machine are mounted. Journaled in suitable journalboxes in thisframe is the driving-shaft B, upon one end of which are mounted theloose pulleys C D and the fixed pulley E, which loose pulleys carry twobelts running in opposite directions, either of which may be shifted tothe fixed pulley to rotate the driving-shaft. Journaled in suitablebearings in the frame above the shaft B is the shaft F, which carries onone end an ordinary hollow steel roller G, which is arranged to beheated by inside gasburners or in any other suitable way. The

journal-boxes of this hollow steel roller are provided with the ordinaryspring-pressure devices H for applying spring-pressure to this roller,and the roller is rotated by the trainof gears I, J, K, and L from themain drivingshaft of the machin e, K being a pinion mounted on the shaftM, journaled in suitable hearings in the frame, while the gear I,mounted on the shaft F, receives its motion from the pinion J, mountedon the shaft M. The roller G bears upon and rotates in contact with thesegmental bell-crank lever C. lever C is coupled to the frame by thecoiled Serial No. 112,974. (No model.)

ironing-table N, which is padded in the usual way.

I is the supperting-standard for the ironing-table N, mounted on asleeve carried on a suitable pin a, journaled in the bracket 6, boltedto the frame A and connected by the itie-bolt c with the support orstandard R,

carrying the segment-gear S, the standard R being mounted on the sleeveon the pin a, the hubs of the two standards R P being secured to thesleeve by the set-screws d. The segment-gear S is oscillated by thepinion U, mounted loosely on the. driving-shaft B and rigidly connectedwith the gear W, mounted loosely on the same shaft and meshing with thepinion Y on the outer end of the shaft M.

A is a belt-shifter adjustable at any angle for the angle of the beltsby the set-screw e, carrying the fingersff, for shifting the belts. Theinner end of this belt-shifter, which, it will be understood, is looselymounted on the driving-shaft B, carries the pin g, which engages thebifurcated end of the shifting-lever B, which shifting-lever is keyed tothe rockshaft it, upon which shaft is also mounted the The upper end ofthis spring Z, secured to the lever and to the adjustable eyebolt m onthe frame. The other end of the bell-crank lever is coupled by theconnecting-rod D with the foot-treadle E, pivoted near the base of theframe.

a is a latch which engages the upper end of the bell-crank lever C tolock same when the machine is not in use. When this latch n is releasedand thrown back out of the way of the bell-crank lever C, the coiledspring Z will oscillate the rock-shaft it and with it the shifting-leverB to shiftthe belt-shifter and throw the outermost belt onto the fixedpulley E. The belts are so arranged that by thisoperation the shaft Bandthe train of gears L K Y W U will be rotated so as to carry thesegment-gear S toward the operator or'in the direction of the arrow inFig. 2. By

pressing down on the foot-lever Ethe belts will be shifted in the otherdirection, which will rotate the driving-shaft in the opposite directionand cause the segment-gear S to move away from the operator. Theoscillation of the segment-gear S will oscillate the ironing-table N incontact with the rotating heated roller G, as will be readilyunderstood.

In order that the segment-gear S in the starting of the machine may nottravel out of reach of its. actuating-pinion U, I provide a loose toothp at the farther end of the segment-gear, pivoted to the gear-frame at rand kept in position by the weight a or by a suitable spring. As thepinion U is rotated in the direction shown by the arrow in Fig. 3 thisloose tooth p is merely pressed out of the way, and the segment-gearitself is held in position with the last gear-tooth just clearing theteeth of the pinion by the contact of the set-screw t, mounted on an arma on the segment-standard R, and which contacts with the lug w on thebracket 6, attached to the frame. Now when the belts are shifted tooscillate the segment-gear away from the operator the teeth of thepinion U take hold first of the loose tooth, which is so shaped as notto slip when the pinion is moving in this direction. In this way thesegment-gear is always in position for oscillation. In order toautomatically return the segment-gear at the end of its throw, I securethe lever F to the rockshaft h and arrange for the arm'g/ on thesegment-standard R to contact with this lever F to oscillate the shaft7b and shift the belts to change the rotation of the driving-shaft. Inorder to permit the return of the segmentgear or to reverse the rotationof the drivingshaft either automatically or by the spring 1, thepressure of the operators foot upon the treadle E should be removed.

The operation of the machine will be evident from the foregoingdescription. The operator releases the rock-shaft by throwing back thelatch, and the coiled spring at once shifts the outer belt to the fixedpulley and the driving-shaft with its train of gear oscillates theironing-table toward the operator until the stop is reached, in whichposition the last fixed tooth of the segment-gear will just clear theteeth of the operative pinion, and under the further rotation of thedriving-shaft the loose tooth will play back and forth. Placing thearticle to be ironed upon the ironing-table, the operator presses downthe foot-lever, which at once shifts the belts to rotate thedriving-shaft in the opposite direction, oscillating the ironing-tableaway from the operator until the arm on the opposite side of thesegment-gear support strikes the supplemental lever on the rockshaft h,when the belts will be again shifted and the ironing-table returned toits original position. At the same time that the ironingtable isactuated it will be understood that the train of gear from thedriving-shaft also rotates the ironing-roller in the proper direction.It will also be seen that the coiled spring always tends to shift thebelts so as to actuate the ironing-table toward the operator and that bypressing the foot-lever the direction of the ironing-table is changed,so that if the operator desires the ironing-table can be oscillated backand forth without completing its full stroke by pressing on thefootlever as often as may be desired. It will be also noticed that thesegment-gear for driving the ironing-table is placed to one side of theironing-table and that the ironing-table and ironing-roller are entirelyfree and open on one side, so that articles like wristbaiuls on shirtsand other parts attached to the goods can be ironed without passing theentire garment or article through the ironing devices. Thus my machineis specially adapted for this purpose, although of course the entirearticle can also be treated to the ironing process.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters :latent, is

1. -In an ironing-machine the combination with a reciprocating segmentalironing-table, of a segment-gear and standard therefor rigidly connectedwith said table, means for reciprocating said segment-gear, a lug on themachine-frame and an arm on the segmentgear standard adapted to engagesaid lug to limit the movement of the table in one direction.

2. In an ironing-machine the combination with a reciprocating segmentalironing-table, of a segment-gear and standard therefor rigidly connectedwith said table, means for reciprocating the segment-gear, a lug on themachine-frame, an arm on the segment-gear standard, and a set-screw onthe said arm adapted to engage said lug to limit the movement of thetable in one direction.

3. In an ironing-machine, the combimltion with asegmental ironing-table,of a segmentgear and standard therefor, a driving-shaft and pinionthereon engaging said segmentgear, loose and fixed pulleys on said shaftadapted to engage oppositelyanoving belts, a belt-shifter, a rock-shaftconnected therewith, a foot-lever to actuate the rock-shaft in onedirection, a supplemental lever on said rock-shaft, and an arm on thesegment-gear standard adapted to contact with said lever toautomatically shift the belt-shifter and reverse the movement of thesegment-gear.

4:. In an ironing-machine, the combination with a segmentalironing-tame, of a segmentgear and standard therefor, a driving-shaftand pinion thereon engaging said segmentgear, loose and fixed pulleys onsaid shaft adapted to engage oppositely-moving belts, a belt-shifter, arock-shaft connected therewith, a bell-crank on said rock-shaft, aspring and foot-lever adapted successively to act upon said bell-crankto shift the belt-shifter in opposite directions, asupplemental lever onsaid rock-shaft and an arm on the segment-gear standard to contact withsaid supplemental lever to automatically shift the belt-shifter andreverse the movement of the segment-gear.

5 In an ironing-machine, the combination with a segmental ironing-table,a segmentgear for reciprocating said table connected therewith, a pinionmeshing with and actuating said segment-gear, a cut-away portion at theend of said segment-gear, a tooth pivoted therein adapted to bedepressed by the pinion when rotating in one direction and means formaintaining the position of said tooth to be engaged by the pinionwhenrotating in the opposite direction.

6. In a ironing-machine, the combination with a segmental ironing-table,a segmentgear for reciprocating said table connected therewith, a pinionmeshing with and actuating said segment-gear, a cut-away portion at theend of said segment-gear, a tooth pivoted therein andadapted to bedepressed by the pinion when rotating in one direction, means formaintaining the position of said tooth to be engaged by the pinion whenrotating in the opposite direction and means for preventing thesegment-gear being thrown out of position to be engaged by said pinion.

HUGO A. HEGKER. Witnesses: Y

W. S. KYLE, E. G. LEAMER.

